tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Aug 09 00:46:18 1997
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Re: zan ?
Bill Willmerdinger wrote:
> Chico Santiago wrote:
> >
> > I'm looking for the meaning of the word "zan". I have seen it in a
> > couple of Star Trek books where a Klingon bridge crew member is
> > addressed as "zan". Is this equivilent to "Mr."?
>
> "zan" is from John M. Ford's Klingon novel "The Final Reflection",
> which
> was written *before* we had tlhIngan Hol. His language was called
> "klingonaase", but wasn't fully developed. Yes, "zan" is roughly
> equivalent to "Mister" as a title or form of address, but it is used
> with the Klingon's personal name (in my case, "zan Qob") and not his
> Line name.
>
> --
> Qob la' (tlh.w.D. quttaj ra'wI') [email protected]
> tlhIngan Hol yejHaD ghojwI'
> http://www.frontiernet.net/~qob/
I remember when I was looking for information about Klingons I found a
webpage of a Klingonaase study group in Austria. I don't remember the
address but the country code for Austria is .at - if anybody is
interested -- maybe Chico Santiago for example.
cha'wIgh
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* cha'wIgh - a Klingon dialect word = DOUBLE-GENIUS. Not all are 6'+
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